dermatitis herpetiformis
Histologic Features
- Small subepidermal blisters containing fibrin and many neutrophils
- Some acantholytic cells and necrotic basal cells overlying the blister
- Edema of the papillary dermis
- Basophilia of collagen beneath the blister
- A lymphohistiocytic perivascular infiltrate with many eosinophils and neutrophils
Updated Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:30:48 PM